sickles



Mar. 27, 1923. 1,450,051.

W. SICKLES.

SELF ELEVATING HANGER OR SUPPORT.

' FILED JUNE 17. 1922. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES P AT E N T O FF WILLIAM SICKLES, OF GILMAN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ,WILLIAM' MCDONALD, OF GIL-MAN, ILLINOIS.

SELF-ELEVATING 'HANGER OR SUPPORT.

Application filed June 17, 1922. Serial No. 569,169.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ASICKILES,

a citizen, of the United States, residin at I Gilman, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Self-Elevating Hangers or Supports; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact .description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a supporting device or hanger.

It is aimed to provide a construction whereby a hook, hooks or equivalent supporting elements are urged to their uppermost position but capable of beinglowered to facilitate attachment of the articles to be supported and for instance, animal harness.

A second object is to provide a novel construction including a movable supporting means urged to an uppermost position in combination with novel latch means to act counter to the urgency of the supporting means in order to maintain the supporting means in a lowered position facilitating attachment of the article or articlesthereto.

Another object is to provide a support ing means consisting of a plate to contain the supporting element or elements, mounted on rollers and adapted to travel on a wall or panel of a casing provided with a strap through which the elements project for utility.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the descrlption following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a side elevation with one of the sides removed to disclose interior details; I

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on the line 4l 1 of Figure 2, looking towards the front;

Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of the latch means adapted to engage the weight;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the sliding supporting means.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

at 10 which may be made of wood or other suitable material, preferably square or rectangular in cross section having a front wall at 11 provided with an elongated cen tral longitudinal slot therethrough at 12. The ends of the casing or housing are open and hoods or caps 13 may be detachably secured thereto. As one form of means which may be employed to secure the caps in place, lugs lmay'be provided on the caps and on the side walls of the casing 10 and have a bolt 15 removably passed therethrough and adapted to receive winged nuts 16 thereon.

I/Vithin the casinglO a support-generally designated l6is provided whichis adapted to slide on the inner surface of the wall 11 and to this end employing a base or plate as at 17 having axles 18 secured thereto I mount-ing rollers 19 which travel on tracks 20 provided on said wall 11. Extending outwardly from the plate 17 and through the slot 12 are one or -more suppontingelements which may be hooks 21 provided with suitable braces 22 extending. fromvtheir free ends and inwardly and downwardly to the base 17. As shown, two hooks areutilized,

the lower one preferably being smaller than the upper one.

Said plate 17 may be carried by an endless chain or belt 23 of any suitable construction and which is trained over rollers or wheels as at 24 and 25. Said chain 23 is preferably a sprocket chain as shown and the wheels 24 and 25 sprocket wheels. Said sprocket wheels 24 and 25 are journaled on pins or shafts 26 carried by bearings 27, secured by suitable bolts 28 to the casing. In order that the chain 23 may be suitably tensioned, the opening through which bolts 28 of one set of bearings 27 passes, are enlarged or elongated as at 29.

A suitable means is employed whereby the support 16 will normally be maintained at its highest position and urged to that position after downward movement thereof.

A suitable means is'provided whereby the support may be maintained in its lowermost. position against the urgency of the Weight 30 so as to facilitate the application of harness or other articles to the hooks 21. To this end, the weight 30 may have a keeper opening as at 31 into which a lug 32 is adapted to enter. The lug 32extends through an opening 33 in the adjacent side wall of the casing and is part of a latch bar '33" pivotally mounted in a bracket'34i suit ably screwed as at 35v to the casing. Said latch 33 is normally urged inwardly at the lug end 32 and said lug is so shaped that as the vWeight 30 passes the same it will automatically clip into the slot 31. The latch 33, is adapted to be'operatedfrom a point adjacent the lower end of casing 10 and :in view of this fact; a draw chain or cord 36' may be fastened thereto at 37 and have v a gripping ring 38 at its free end.

'In use, the support16 is normally elevated through the urgency of the weight 30.

j When harness or other articles are to be placeclon the hooks 21,vthe same are grasped and moved to a lowered position which causes the chain 23,150 travel aboutthe rollers 24 and 25 elevating the weight 30 so that its'slot 31 will move opposite the lug 32 and the latterwill clip into said slot and thus maintain the chain 23 locked against movew e b 'placed on the hooks 21 after which ment and the hooks 21 in lowermost positionf'The harness or other articles may element36 is drawn downwardly which'retracts the lateh 33", disengaging lug 32 from the slot31 so that the weight 30 will be released and by gravity will fall to its lower most position, thus elevating the support and article or articles thereon.

The downward movement of the weight 30 and upward movement of the support are limited through the engagement of the plate 17 or uppermost hook 21 with the lower edge of the upper cap 13, since the latter bridges the slot 12 and closesthe same at the upper end.

As merely one practical embodiment has i been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details may be resorted to provided they fall within the:

on the casing, said casing having a slot, saidlatch having a lug extending through said slot of the casing to engage said slot of the weight, ]and a spring associated with the latch to urge movement thereof to cooperate with the weight in order to'maintain the support in a lowered position. 1

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

I Witnesses: j 'LIAL C. PoLLoo E. S. HERRON.

WILLIAM sIoKLEsl 

